Side Dish

by Aji Jones

Long Island Wine Country's Winterfest Concert Series, "Jazz on the Vines," is here! To commemorate the event, Jamesport Manor Inn in Jamesport is offering a special three-course prix fixe menu through Sunday, March 22. The menu includes chicken and smoked andouille sausage gumbo, N'Awlins Bibb salad with warm sweet potato-bourbon dressing, crawfish étouffée, chicken Tchoupitoulas with Brabant potato and Creole béarnaise, oven fried catfish with red beans, rice and Creole sauce, sweet potato pie, Bourbon vanilla crme brulée, and Bananas Foster bread pudding. The Inn's Rosalie Dimon Gallery is also displaying jazz themed artists, Sibylle-Maria Pfaffenbichler and John Randolph. For more information call 631-722-0500.

Fellow participant in "Jazz on the Vines," Legends Restaurant in New Suffolk will host a smooth jazz lunch featuring the Chuk Fowler Trio in the pub from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 1. International style tapas will be offered, including manchego cheese and fruit, braised short rib, Chilean sea bass and cheesecake spring roll. Legends also offers a three-course winter lunch prix fixe until Friday, March 20. The special is offered Monday through Friday beginning at noon and costs $21, plus tax and gratuity. Items will change daily and the regular lunch menu will be available. Sample prix fixe items include New Suffolk soup, sugar cane skewered pork tenderloin medallions, pad Thai, grilled pesto swordfish and vanilla bean cake. Call 631-734-5123 for further details.

Once again, Nick & Toni's in East Hampton brings a taste of Italy to the South Fork. They are now celebrating the Piemonte region, with a new four-course dinner for $38 per person. The menu is offered Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday all night and Saturday until 7 p.m., through March 8. The menu includes: Peasant soup with Gorgonzola crostini, marinated peppers with arugula, ricotta ravioli with tomato butter, red wine braised short rib with soft Anson Mills polenta, white wine braised duck leg with lentils, grilled lamb with horseradish sauce and roasted vegetables and torrone with gianduia and bicerin. For reservations, call 631-324-3550.

Fresno in East Hampton will co-host a wine dinner with Domaine Franey Wines on Sunday, March 8 at 6:30 p.m. The five-course menu will be paired with wines from Chateau La Gatte, in Bordeaux, France. Items include foie gras mousse on crostini, salmon tartare, mini ham and Gruyére sandwiches on brioche, skate with brown butter or escargot, garlic sausage with French green lentils, grilled lamb loin with leeks and truffled bordelaise sauce, triple créme with fruit compote, and créme brulée. Wines include noted reds, rosé, Bordeaux blanc and a Bordeaux superior. The price is $75 per person plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are recommended. Call 631-324-8700 for information.

Get happy at Stonewalls Restaurant in Riverhead! Happy Hour takes place every Friday night from 5 to 7 p.m. and features two-for-one drink specials. The "Grill Room Menu" featuring appetizers, baguette sandwiches, and finger food will also be available. Items include baby arugula salad, roast pork loin sandwich with manchego cheese and tapenade, 10-ounce sirloin burger, and hot and spicy Buffalo wings. For details, call 631-506-0777 ext. 4.

Having a party for four or more? Townline BBQ in Sagaponack recently introduced new 'que packages available for take out. Packages are made to serve 4-6 guests. "Sandwich and Slider Kit" ($68 or $119 for 8-10 servings) features pulled pork or pulled chicken or brisket coleslaw, spicy pickles, bread or buns, baked beans, potato chips and BBQ sauce. "Pulled Meat Sampler Dinner" ($65) includes pulled pork, pulled chicken, burnt ends, stack of bread or buns, spicy pickles, coleslaw, baked beans and BBQ sauce. "Chicken and Rib Dinner" ($75) features whole smoked organic chicken, full rack of ribs, coleslaw, baked beans, spicy pickles, cornbread, and BBQ sauce. "Townline Extravaganza Dinner" ($105) includes half rack of ribs, whole short rib, brisket, kielbasa, pulled pork, smoked half organic chicken, collard greens, baked beans, spicy pickles, cornbread and BBQ Sauce. For details call 631-537-2271.

The Seafood Barge in Southold is out with the old and in with the new. Chef Noah Schwartz introduced small plates to the menu in addition to new entréée. Dishes include tuna tartare ($14), Peconic Bay scallop ceviche ($12), lobster knuckle sliders ($12), hoisin glazed baby back riblets ($11), Crescent Farm duck BBQ ($9), lobster pot pie ($15), pan seared tuna ($31), local monkfish osso buco ($28) and Martha Clara Syrah braised beef short ribs ($27). For more information call 631-765-3010.

East End eateries continue to sign up for Hamptons Restaurant Week, kicking off March 29. Restaurants that recently signed up and will be offering $24.95 prix fixes include 75 Main, Annona, Barrister's, Bobby Van's, Chequit Inn, Desmond's Restaurant and Lounge, DoLittle's, Gurney's Sea Grille, Meeting House Creek Inn, MUSE Restaurant & Aquatic Lounge, Pepi's Ristorante, The Plaza Caféé, Scrimshaw Restaurant and The Seafood Barge. For further details, visit www.hamptonsrestaurantweek.com.

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